Posts from December 2023

As Israel’s “old” and final judge was nearing his last days, the elders of Israel gathered to Samuel and made their demands. The first thing they basically said was, “We don’t want you or your sons!” And then they laid out this directive, “Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations” (1 Sam. 8:5). Notice several things about this demand. Their timeframe for this change was “now.” They were done waiting. They wanted satisfaction to their…

In Romans 6:15-18 Paul refers to the Christian as a ‘slave to righteousness’ since they have been freed from the bondage of sin and now have an obligation of obedience to God who has freed them. In fact, in John 14:15 Jesus would even say, ‘if you love me keep my commandments.’ So, through the New Testament it is made clear that a Christian as a duty and obligation to God, but what does that intel? Ultimately there are many…